Window closer and rain or snow excluder



. E. KLONIECKI WINDOW CLOSER AND RAIN 0R' SNOW EXCLUDER 2 sheets-sheet 1 Filed Jan. 25. 1925 layer/fon l EawaraK/an/ec'kz Aug. .10 1926.

1,595,951 E. KLoNlEcKl WINDOW CL-SERAND RAIN 0R SNOW EXCLUDER Filed Jan. 25. 1923 42 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented ug. 10, 1926.

UNHTED STATES EDW'ARD KLONIECILI, OFiBAYONNE, NEVI JERSEY.

WINDOV CLOSER .AND RAIN OR SNOW EICLDER.

AppIicaton filed January 25, 1923.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in window-closing devices.

It is one of the primary objects of the invention to provide means capable of securing or maintaining a window in its open position, which means will serve to automatically close the window upon certain conditions in the immediate vicinity thereof.

With the above and other objects in view, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of a window showing the device attached thereto with the lower sash of the window in open position;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a view in front elevation showing the device attached to the upper sash of the window with the upper sash in partly open position;

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 4- 4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a detail view in elevation on an enlarged scale, of a portion of the mechanism shown; l

Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 6 6 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 7 is a detail view in elevation of a portion of the mechanism used in Figs. 3 and 4;

Fig. 8 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 8 8 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 9 is an edge view of a link used in connection with the closing device;

Fig. 10 is a view in elevation of the link shown in Fig. 9; f

Figs. 11 and 12 are detail views of a bracket used in connection with the windowclosing device.

Referring again to the drawings and more particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, the reference numeral 15 designates a window frame, and slidably mounted therein in the ordinary manner there is an upper sash 16 and a lower sash 17. In this form of the invention a hook 18 is secured to the window sill and carried by the hook there is a frangible link 19 of paper or other frangible material which will separate under the influence of moisture. Connected to this link 19, there is a hook 20, and connected to the hook 2O there is a cord 21. This cord 21. is connected as at 22 (Fig. 2), to a bodily Serial No. 614,368.

movable latch member 23 which `in turn is pivoted as at 24.

Connected to a hook member 25, which is likewise secured to the window sill, there is a spring 26, and said spring is connected to a hook 27 carried by the upper rail of the lower sash 17. Interposed between the ends of the spring 26, there is a wire or the like, 28, by which the tension of the spring may be adjusted.

This form of the invention operates in the following manner:

The lower sash is raised to a point above the pivoted latch 23, after which the piv- `oted latch 23 is moved to horizontal position, in which position it is retained by the cord 21, the hook 20, and the frangible link 19, which engages the hook 18. This raising of thc lower sash places the spring 26 under tension by retaining the window in raised position. TWhen moisture, such as snow, rain, or the like, comes in contact with the frangible link 19, the same parts and releases the pivoted latch 23, permitting the lower sash to move to its closed position under the influence of the spring 26.

In that form of the invention shown in Figs. 3 and 4, a spring 40 is connected as at 41, to the upper end of the window frame 15, and at its lower end to a hook 42 carried by the lower rail 43 of the upper sash 16. The reference numeral 44 designates a bracket mounted on the window frame 15, and pivotally mounted in said bracket there is a lever 45. The outer end of this lever 45 is adapted to engage a button 46 carried by the lower rail 43 of the upper sash, as shown in Fig. 3. Connected to the lever 45, there is aV cord 47 and such cord passes througlra guide 48 and is secured to the hook 49 by lneans of a frangible link 50 and a hook member 51. With the parts in the position shown in Figs. 8 and 4, when the frangible link 50 is attacked by moisture the link separates and permits the spring 40 to move the upper sash 16 to the closed position.

As shown in Figs. 9 and 10, each of the frangible links employed comprises an elongated body portion having an opening 56 at each end thereof, each of which openings is preferably deiined by an eyelet 57, or the like. Centrally disposed with respect to the elongated body, there is an opening 58 which aids in weakening the rangible link and making it more susceptible to the action of moistureu That s claimed is:-

In a Window closing device, a. Supporting member adapted to be attached to a Window frame, a Window sash engaging latch pivotally connected to said supporting member, a flexible member having` a hook at one end and its opposite end being attached to lo one end of said latch, an eye adapted to be lixedly attached and in which said flexible member moves, a destructible hygro- Scopc element, a hook adapted to be liXedly attached, the hygroscopic element having holes in the opposite ends thereof in which Said hooks are respectively engageable, a plurality of detachably connected springs adapted to be connected between said Window 'frame and Windowr sash to operate to close said window sash, and means for effecting the attachment of said springs.

EDVARD KLONIEUKI. 

